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Huawei to dump Windows for PCs,use own HarmonyOS instead

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 23, 2024

If Huawei is indeed ditching Windows it won't be a massive blow to Microsoft. Analyst firm Canalys believes the Chinese box builder holds around ten percent of the 40-million-units-a-year Middle Kingdom PC market.

Lenovo dominates the country's PC market with 38 percent share, ahead of HP's ten percent. It's in neither of their interests to adopt Huawei's OS – but that could change if patriotic sentiment, or Beijing’s increasing preference for home-grown tech, reshapes the local environment.

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